The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1883-1893, 1887-08-25
ABOUT EDUC ALTON.

Bat notwithstanding lis present debt
Asheville has voted to establish a graded
scho and erect a school building by taxa
ton Nothing 50 clearly proves that the
town IS not neglecting, in It's race after
money, the education of its children. Ii
was Henry Ward Beecher who said that if
any community allowed its educatio. in
terests TO be secondary to its tinar ! Il
terests, education would never III its
proper place in the community. here
never wa a truer statement. Ash lille
ha, not taken a wiser step than this last
one, 1t is a step that will not only make
its coming population regard money only
as q means, but that will also prepare
them to regard culture and educational
equipment matters of higher value than
the mere getting of dollars. 1t will also
bring people to the town who are looking
for q place to settle. 1t is an important
consideration for a man with a family.
looking for a new home what kind of
schools ii town has. This age demands
first class free schools, and the town that
doesn't tax itself to support them is be-
hind the spirit of this educational age. Pay
schools are good enough for advanced
scholars, and for young ladies, but it is
the duty of every town to give every boy
and girl all opportunity to obtain an ele-
! mentary education at the expense of all
! the taxpayers.
Ashevile does well to provide that op-
portunity. 1t already has first class schools
| and colleges. Asheville Female Seminary,
of which Rev. Jas. Atkins ID. d., is Presi-
| dent, is justly regarded as one of the best
female schools in the South. A large $50,
| 600 building is in process Of construction.
The faculty is composed of three male and
four female teachers That is right. 1t
| nj TO hay M g
teachers in a school for young Ladies'.
, Men are the best teachers. .aS a rule, of TIE
| higher branches, and the more there are
in faculty, the better it is for the school
OF course there ought always to be lady
teachers. For the proper development OF
the mind there ought to be both male anC
female teachers. This is DR.. Atkins theO
ry, and though it costs more, he practlseS
it. Except at the Asheville Female Semi
nary have not seen Botany taught b.
means of q large conservatory kept full o1
flowers, &C., during the winter season
Dr. Atkins has large hot house and keeps
it and an acre of land adjacent full of al
kinds Of flowers and plants, and in thes'
surroundings teaches botany. 1t is thu
only way to teach it, as laboratory worl
will alone teach chemistry.
Prof Fetter has "a fourishing Militar,
Academy here for boys. The Catholi
College, now located at Hickory, vii
shortly be located at Asheville. Ground
have been purchased and large building
will be erected.
The Presbyterians have purchased 10
cation for the erection of an Industria
College for poor young girls.
Educationally, therefore, Ashevllle keep
up with its business prosperity. They 6
hand in hand, as they ought to 60
The best business in Asheville this sea
son of the year is the hotel and livery sta
BILE business l am anxious to make a fol
tune in a hurry, and am undecided whethe
to go west and discover silver mine Q
. put up livery stable in Asheville. Eithe
would bring certain and quick wealth.
J. d.